Tag Archives: redhat

Serving Linux to the Refugees

Posted on December 9, 2010 by ehurst

It’s all about freedom. What does it take to improve your service to the Kingdom? What can I do to remove unnecessary limitations? I am by no means a Linux evangelist. Some people are better off running Windows, and I … Continue reading →

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Stumbling Around RHEL 6.0: Printing (Updated)

Posted on December 4, 2010 by ehurst

Way back in the old days of Red Hat, printing was no more difficult than using the supplied RedHat config tool for setting up your LPRng queue. Since the arrival of CUPS, I’ve often felt it continues to be one … Continue reading →

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Stumbling Around RHEL 6.0: Kernel Update

Posted on December 2, 2010 by ehurst

I keep two harddrives in my system so I can test different OSes while keeping one I can trust. After playing awhile with RHEL 6.0 Beta, I let it go and went back to using Ubuntu Lucid. I had some … Continue reading →

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Desktops versus Window Managers

Posted on November 13, 2010 by ehurst

I remember using Red Hat 5.0 long before they called it “Enterprise Linux.” The default interface was based on FVWM, with a bunch of scripting which made it more convenient to use, called “Another Level.” It was good enough. Then … Continue reading →

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Program Note: RHEL Projects on Hold

Posted on October 18, 2010 by ehurst

This morning I awoke to the sound of my desktop system moaning. Seems the CPU fan is dying, so I had to shut it down before it failed and let things overheat. It will be a week until we get … Continue reading →

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Curmudgeon on RHEL 6.0 Beta 2

Posted on October 17, 2010 by ehurst

I’ve lived long enough to know my own answer to most questions. I can afford to ignore progress in some areas because some things will never get any better — not really. Over the past year I’ve tested a wide … Continue reading →

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RHEL 6.0 Beta2

Posted on October 14, 2010 by ehurst

With the first beta I ran into problems I could not resolve, having to do with display instability. So I wiped the drive and used it to test a few other things. Yet, I was haunted by what I knew … Continue reading →

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Not Recommended: openSUSE 11.3

Posted on June 11, 2010 by ehurst

Currently at milestone 7, I highly recommend you avoid openSUSE 11.3 if you plan to boot more than one OS. I tried to install it on one harddrive (PATA/IDE mode), while preserving my RHEL 6.0-Beta install on another (SATA). I … Continue reading →

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Lucid Lynx: Many Small Breakages

Posted on May 8, 2010 by ehurst

After a couple of days playing again with Lucid, I discovered auto-mounting removable media is broken. It takes two or three tries just for a simple USB memory stick. Music CDs are not properly handled by any of a number … Continue reading →

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RHEL 6.0 Beta Catastrophic X-server Crash

Posted on May 6, 2010 by ehurst

I’m giving it a rest. When I tried to open my PySolFC game — compiled on the system — it took down the X server and the system froze. I’ve seen this behavior before in Ubuntu a couple of releases … Continue reading →

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